When he first logs-on, he sees his friend fall into a coma before his very eyes. Now Kite is searching for the answers as to why, and how to save him, inside 'The World'. Based on the original PS2 .hack series, Infection Expansion (Vol.1), Malignant Mutation (Vol.2), Erosion Pollution (Vol.3), Absolute Encirclement (Vol.4).

I'm not done reading the series, duh it's ongoing. But this series is great! As a dot hack// fan or even as the average reader, you will be pleased. Everything looks shiny and well drawn. The art absolutely resembles that of the video game, and you can tell they put a lot of hard work into it. From back ground to bosses to even those "MISS" signs you get when fighting in a game, they have done an excellent job transforming this into the manga.

Things don't follow exactly like you see it in the video game, they often add extra stuff to dramatize so it seems MORE like a manga story including some jokes that reminds you of the times you've spent with the game.

I'm telling you, take this advice!! READ THIS MANGA!! Or you WILL regret it!